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A Piece of Migration History through the Rombauer Family Tree

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Koudela P.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

2016

issue 2

46-70

A family course, describing immigration of Hungarian refugees after the 1848–1849 War of Independence and their integration to American society through generations, is adequate to add details to or even to form our picture of the 19th century immigration and integration. The Rombauer family originated from Protestant, Saxon ancestors in Lőcse (Levoča), where they lived for five hundred years. During the long 19th century, the family members moved to different parts of the world: to Transylvania, to the United States and to Brazil. Their life, values and attitudes to Hungarian and Saxon origins are important parts of understanding integration to different circumstances. Each lifespan adds some new elements to draw a more detailed picture of its time and space: Roderick Rombauer and the life in St. Louis before and after the Civil War, Irma and Marion Rombauer during the prosperous post Second World War era or the life of the descendants of Lajos Tivadar Rombauer in Brazil. But the chain or network of these elements creates a new look to a much larger space and longer period; the connection of these parts helps us to interpret social processes and changes in time in another way.

A Piece of Late Modern Age History of Hungary through the Rombauer Family Tree

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Koudela P.

Prague Papers on the History of International Relations

2015

issue 1

28-45

A closed community of Lutheran Germans in the city of Lőcse (Levoča) and a family lived for centuries in this city showed three generations in the 19th century got far from their home but kept their values. A painter, a manufacturer and a teacher in different eras and environments in Hungary with the same ethic: hard work and thrift. Both originated from Lőcse: János Rombauer, the painter got to Saint Petersburg as a royal painter of Czar Alexander I and returned later to Eperjes (Prešov). Tivadar Rombauer moved close to Munkács (Мукачеве) and later to Ózd as a founder of the most famous iron foundry. Later because of his role in the Revolution he had to flee to America where he established a new life for the emergence of a new family line of his descendants. Emil got to Brassó (Brașov) where he had to cope with Saxons as a Hungarian and later to Budapest where he had to cope with the bureaucracy as a teacher and director. In both three life spans we can easily discover the essence of those values derived from their ancestors and can be characterized with the spirit of capitalism and Protestant ethic.

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A Piece of Migration History through the Rombauer Family Tree

A Piece of Late Modern Age History of Hungary through the Rombauer Family Tree